The Shakan Molybdenum Deposits is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 689 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 689 Feet (210 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 56.00001, -132.99999
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Shakan Molybdenum Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shakan Molybdenum Deposits
Secondary: Angus Lillie
Secondary: Devil Fish Bay
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Dry Pass Area, Kosciusko Island
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: A. J. Industries
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Sericite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 3-STATED AS LESS THAN 120,000,000 LBS. MO AT 0.95% MOS2; R.U. KING-SEVERAL MILLION TONS MO AT 0.06% MO
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE GRADE BUT SMALL TONNAGE
References
Reference (Deposit): LUND, R.J., DEC. 1961, FUTURE OF ALASKAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: MINING ENGINEERING
Reference (Deposit): BERG, H.C., ET AL, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCESOF ALASKA: USGS REPORT
Reference (Deposit): JUNE 1964, METAL MINING & PROCESSING
Reference (Deposit): 1943, SHAKAN MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT KOSCIUSKO ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALASKA: WAR MINERALS REPT. 108
Reference (Deposit): 5) ROBINSON, G.D., 1946, THE SHAKAN MOLYBDENITE DEPOSIT, KOSCIUSKO ISLAND, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: UNPUB REPT
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1-2: MINING ENGINEERING, DEC. 1961; ITEM 3: BERG, USGS REPORT 1964 ; ITEM 4: USGS
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